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3:56 pm

Tue January 22, 2013

Carbondale, Cisne High School Students Face Off in Round 2 of Quiz Show

Students from Carbondale High School and Cisne High School work quickly to solve questions on WSIU-TV's Scholastic Hi-Q.

Credit Robby Ballard

Top students from Carbondale High School will take on Cisne High School in the second round of WSIU-TV's Scholastic Hi-Q.

The half-hour series will air on WSIU-TV 8 and WUSI-TV 16, the public television stations of Southern Illinois University (SIU), on Sunday, January 27 at 5:30pm, with a repeat on Sunday, February 3 at 9:30am.

Following the on-air broadcast, viewers can watch the program online anytime at watch.wsiu.org

Produced and hosted by SIU students, Scholastic Hi-Q is a competitive game show series featuring scholar bowl teams from over 30 area high schools. Team members answer questions from a variety of disciplines, including art, geography, history, literature, math, music and science. The winning school of each game advances to subsequent rounds until they are either eliminated by another team or advance to the championship match. Season champions receive a large plaque for their school and recognition on WSIU-TV's airwaves and website.